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Kieran McCarthy's website about Cork City – Cork History Articles, Heritage and Photography & Historical Walking Tours

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  • About Kieran McCarthy
    • 2. Kieran’s Cork Historical Walking Tours & Talks
    • 4. Kieran’s Consultancy and Research Projects
    • 5. Kieran’s Academic Papers
    • 6. Kieran’s Heritage Videos
    • 3. A River of Memory – PhD Work
  • Books & Publications by Kieran
  • Contact Kieran
  • Cork Independent Our City, Our Town Articles
    • 1999-2005 Histories of Cork
    • 2006-2011 River Lee – In the Steps of St Finbarr
    • 2012-14 Crawford Municipal Technical Institute, Education & Industrial Development
    • 2014-16 Mapping Cork Histories
    • 2016 Remembering 1916
    • 2017 The Wheels of 1917
    • 2018 Stories from 1918
    • 2019 Tales from 1919
    • 2020 Remembering 1920
    • 2021 Journeys to a Truce 1921
  • Discover Cork: Schools’ Heritage Project 2021/22
    • 1. Project Guidelines, 2021/22
    • 2. Application Form, 2021/22
    • 3. Suggested Project Themes
    • 4. Project Categories, Presentation & Prizes
    • 5. Web Resources for Students
    • 6. City Edition Results, 2021
    • Archive, City Edition Results 2019
    • Archive, City Edition Results, 2020
    • Archive, City Edition, Results 2017
    • Archive, City Edition, Results 2018
    • 3. Project Page Examples
  • Exploring Cork City’s History
    • 10. Twenty-First Century Cork
    • 1a. St. Finbarre – Myth and Legend
    • 1b. A Viking Maritime Town
    • 1c. Notes on Cork’s Viking Settlement
    • 2a. Anglo-Normans and the Medieval Town
    • 2b. Life in Medieval Cork
    • 2c. Developing a Port Town
    • 2d. Creating the Cork Coat of Arms
    • 3a. Matters of Conquest, c.1500-1600
    • 3b. Seventeenth Century Cork
    • 3c. Siege of Cork, 1690
    • 4a. Cork, A Venice of North West Europe
    • 4b. Huguenots and Quakers
    • 5a. A Changing Townscape, early 1800s
    • 5b. The Great Famine in Cork City
    • 6. The International City, c.1900
    • 7. Cork International Exhibition, 1902-1903
    • 8a. Cork and the War of Independence, 1920
    • 8b. The Burning of Cork City, 1920
    • 9a. Early Twentieth Century & Suburban Expansion
    • 9b. Late Twentieth Century Highlights
    • 5c. On Track, Cork & its Railway Heritage
  • History Trails
    • 1. Bridges of Cork Audio Heritage Trail
    • 2. The Marina Audio Heritage Trail
    • History Trail, Blackpool Area
    • History Trail, Cork’s South Docks
    • History Trail, Daly’s Bridge AKA Shakey Bridge
    • History Trail, Grand Parade
    • History Trail, Lee Fields
    • History Trail, MacCurtain Street to Penrose Quay
    • History Trail, Middle Parish Area
    • History Trail, Oliver Plunkett Street
    • History Trail, Paul Street District, From Cornmarket Street to Emmett Place
    • History Trail, Seamus Murphy, Cork Sculptor
    • History Trail, Shandon Street Area
    • History Trail, The Mardyke Walk Area
    • History Trail, The Marina
    • History Trail, The Walled Town of Cork
    • History Trail, The Young Offenders TV Show, Cork Locations, 2018
    • History Trail, Barrack Street Area
    • History Trail, St Patrick’s Street Area
  • Regions of County Cork
    • Cork Harbour Pictures
    • Cork Harbour Stories
    • River Lee History Trail
    • West Cork Gems
  • Resources For Researchers
    • Archaeological and Architectural Heritage Sources in Cork City and County
    • Biodiversity/ Nature in Cork
    • Cork City and County Archives
    • Cork City in Maps
    • Cork Film Heritage
    • Cork Folklore Project
    • Cork Heritage Open Day
    • Cork Historical Societies
    • Cork in the 1960s, Anthony Barry Archive
    • Cork Public Museum
    • Cork Slang
    • Irish Placenames Project, logainm.ie
    • Ode to Elizabeth Fort, Cork
    • Ordnance Survey Ireland
    • Postcards of Cork, c.1900
    • Resources for Family Research
      • Ancestry.co.uk Irish and UK Family Records
      • Census of Ireland 1901/ 1911
      • Cork Records Website
      • Irish Genealogy Toolkit
      • Irish Military Archives
      • Irish War Memorials
    • Useful Links For Heritage Sites
    • William Lawrence’s Cork
  • Visiting Cork
    • 1.Tourism: How to get to Cork?
    • 2. Cork Festivals
    • Twinning
  • Kieran’s Heritage Events 2021
  • Photographing Cork
    • 1. Kieran’s Fav & Recent Photos of Cork
    • Ode to Ballincollig Royal Gunpowder Mills
    • Ode to Fitzgerald’s Park, Cork
    • Ode to St Finbarr’s Cemetery, Cork
    • Ode to the English Market, Cork
    • Ode to The Quadrange, UCC
    • Ode to St. Finbarre’s Cathedral
Cork Heritage

Regions of County Cork

The Regions of Cork project is based on research carried out in the River Lee valley, Cork Harbour, West Cork and North Cork. A number of books have emerged from this ongoing heritage project.

EXPLORE here:

River Lee Valley: River Lee History Trail | Cork Heritage

Cork Harbour Stories: Cork Harbour Stories | Cork Heritage

West Cork Gems: West Cork Gems | Cork Heritage

Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork, present day (picture: Kieran McCarthy)
Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork, present day (picture: Kieran McCarthy)

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